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Alabama Football: Top Ten Coaches With Most Losses To The Tide

By Ronald Evans

Nov 5, 2016; Starkville, MS, USA; Mississippi State Bulldogs head coach Dan Mullen celebrates with fans after the game against the Texas A&M Aggies at Davis Wade Stadium. Mississippi State won 35-28. Mandatory Credit: Matt Bush-USA TODAY Sports
Nov 5, 2016; Starkville, MS, USA; Mississippi State Bulldogs head coach Dan Mullen celebrates with fans after the game against the Texas A&M Aggies at Davis Wade Stadium. Mississippi State won 35-28. Mandatory Credit: Matt Bush-USA TODAY Sports /
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Sep 19, 2015; Baton Rouge, LA, USA; LSU Tigers fans celebrate in the stands during the second half of a game against the Auburn Tigers at Tiger Stadium. LSU defeated Auburn 45-21. Mandatory Credit: Derick E. Hingle-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 19, 2015; Baton Rouge, LA, USA; LSU Tigers fans celebrate in the stands during the second half of a game against the Auburn Tigers at Tiger Stadium. LSU defeated Auburn 45-21. Mandatory Credit: Derick E. Hingle-USA TODAY Sports /

WOAT No. 2 – Charles McClendon – Louisana State University (1962-1979)

Record Against Alabama Football: 2 Wins -14 Losses

Charlie McClendon or “Cholly Mac” as he was called by Paul Bryant, holds the LSU record for most wins,137 as LSU Head Coach.

McClendon played football at Kentucky for Paul Bryant in 1949 and 1950. In 1951 he was a graduate assistant at Kentucky for Bryant. He worked as an assistant coach at Vanderbilt for one season in 1952 and the following year moved to LSU. He spent the next 27 seasons at LSU.

Following Paul Dietzel’s successful and tumultuous run as LSU’s head coach, McClendon was promoted in 1962.

McClendon’s LSU record was 137-59-7 with only one losing season, in eighteen years. He was SEC Coach of the Year in 1969 and 1970. He was named National Coach of the Year in 1972. Under McClendon, LSU won a SEC Championship in 1970 and went to 13 bowl games.

McClendon was only 57 years old when LSU retired him in 1979. He never coached again. His career at LSU would have been much longer but for one problem. He could not beat his old coach, Paul Bryant.

Or at least, Cholly Mac could not beat Bryant often enough to satisfy LSU faithful. His record against Bryant and the Tide was 2-14.

McClendon passed away in 2001. He is a member of the National Football Foundation Hall of Fame.

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